Re: why dial-up servers are always UNIX??

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From: Peter N. M. Hansteen
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 00:00

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"PJ" <kyang@asiaonline.net> writes:

> here is my question...
> We use Windows95 to dial-up our ISPs and then make an connection (PPP) to
> the UNIX server in the ISP, right?
> So, why always UNIX??  Not NT 4.0 server? Can NT handle this job? if yes,
> why not ISP use NT instead?

While not claiming to be entirely neutral on the issue, you might look
into url:http://www.kirch.net/unix-nt.html which at least lists a
number of the issues involved and contains a wealth of references.

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From: Peter N. M. Hansteen <peter@datadok.no>
Subject: Re: why dial-up servers are always UNIX??
Date: 1998/07/27
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